Perfecting The Art Of Lawn Care...Results Measured In Yards!
Irrigation:
When normal rainfall does not provide adequate moisture during the growing season, supplemental watering will ensure a healthy growing environment for your lawn. A lawn that requires irrigation will exhibit various symptoms: poor elasticity, the tendency of the turf grass leaves to spring back once a compressing force is removed, or footprints remain after walking on the turf. Also, a change in color to dark blue-green indicates a lack of moisture. The amount of water to apply is difficult to determine. Enough water should be applied to wet the entire area to a depth of 6 inches per week, approximately 1-2 inches of water is needed depending on temperatures and soil types.
One of the best times of the day to water is between 6-8 am, at this time water pressure is usually the highest, disruption of water pattern from wind is minimal, and water loss from evaporation is low. Please try to avoid watering during mid-day due to substantial quantities of water being lost through evaporation. Night-time watering can become problematic and cause numerous turf diseases as a result from the prolonged leaf surface moisture. Please keep in mind that irrigation is an art, if you are successful with a current watering schedule then we advise that you do not stray from it.
Mowing:
When mowing your lawn please keep in mind a few things. Maintaining a summer mowing height of 2-4 inches will contribute to a more drought resistant, less disease susceptible, requires less water, and remains greener than a lower cut lawn. Lower mowing heights are recommended for the first mowing to clean up winter damage, like snow mold and general matting. Lower mowing is also recommended near the end of the growing season to help get the turf ready for winter. Another benefit of lower mowing at the end of the season is to prevent winter diseases like snow mold.
Always make sure to mow with sharp mower blades, dull blades produce shredded grass tips with a gray-brown overcast, resulting in poor turf appearance and a more disease susceptible plant. A generally acceptable plan for mowing is to try and not remove more than a third of the plant at each mowing, at times this could require the lawn to be mowed more than once a week. Please keep in mind to constantly change mowing pattern. Failing to do so can and will result in turf compaction and ruts in the soil.
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